AM: Well, “created”… John drew
himself on Paint and the rest of characters are vague stereotypes or stolen
from other media which also are montages or YouTubePoop.

NS: We already explained with
detail what The John Show did wrong in the first year anniversary special of my
program and Aitor Molina’s video “How to fix The John Show”. When John saw them,
not only he didn’t offend, but he planned a remake.

AM: We liked a lot the idea.
After all, applying the constructive criticism demonstrates maturity and
interest on making something good. Almost everything I do part from recycled
and depurated ideas until they solidify on something that I like, as Bizarre
March.

NS: The first remake (John’s
Monster) wasn’t entirely bad. It was still flawed… and had stolen characters…
But at least, he learnt to improve his storytelling skills.

AM: The episode we are going to
analyze today is the sixth, “Bizarro!!”, the longest and most unbearable. It
already had a re-edition by Agito the lawler.

NS: The plot is about John and
his friends being kidnapped by bizarre versions of themselves. In the end,
Weegee saves them.

AM: Or Agito, it depends on the
continent you are watching. It’s picking your poison. Weege is a Deus Ex
Machina for appearing out of nowhere to save the day and Agito qualifies as a
Gary Stu, an avatar of the author without flaws… Unless, you count his own
moveset.

Oooh-ne (one)

NS: If this story sounds familiar
to you is because plagiarizes an episode of the YTP series “The Link and King
Show”, which tributes “Bizzaro”, a “Sealab 2021” episode, parody of the
Hannah-Barbera cartoon “Sealab 2020”.

AM: The first act is practically
the same that the original, a supposedly creative torture-porn.

NS: With the plus of taking some
jokes from my review!

AM: Or putting the Retropokon
cast and Doctor Pandemia in the opening like they were recurring characters.
The biggest problem with these remakes is that you have to watch too many
things to understand them. We aren’t talking about little easter eggs to laugh
about previous mistakes or things that didn’t age well.

NS: First of all, the original series
seems to be canon. Remakes are supposed to improve mistakes or introduce
something to a new generation. If you have to watch the original versions to
understand the remake, both goals fail miserably!

AM: The problem isn’t linking
with previous works of John himself, which also does. It’s taken as the
spiritual successor of too many YTP series!

AM: No, of course they have
Weegee again. Because they have to make more references until the new material
starts after ten minutes.

NS: And with “new material”, we say
RPG battles. Even the John’s Monster remake was repetitive enough having, not
one, but two RPG battles. They aren’t even interesting fights! Fake RPGs are
funny when they have creative attacks and you see how the characters fight. But
here, the attacks DON’T reference anything and we don’t see how they fight.

JUAN MERIENDA (with “About The
New” transition)

AM: At least, they aren’t using
canned laughs. When the episode was supposed to end, we only get to the half!
More bizarros appear.

NS: And they travel to space,
where it seems we have gone from The John Show to Mega Man X. Actually, this
scene links with another John story called “Saving Cosmo”, which is basically
Mega Man X with Shipping.

AM: “Saving Cosmo” doesn’t even
exist as a game, neither as a video. It’s something completely taken from John’s
Wikia. Because if there is a Wikia, it doesn’t need to exist out of the Wikia!
Why should you put an effort of making something if you can just pretend it
exists?

(I haven’t found the Wikia, but I
was supposed to understand what the reference meant!)

NS: In this moment, we see Weegee’s
backstory, which steals scenes from Achille’s videos.

AM: My biggest complain with John
DiMicco is how little effort he puts on his creations. This scene could be
funny if instead of showing another series as a flashback, he would have
parodied it with his own characters. Johnstein and Robo are stereotypes over he
didn’t even try to elaborate. If he worked JUST a bit harder drawing new
characters instead of cropping, he would eventually make more substantial and
unique things!

DETECTIVE ENIGMA: It doesn’t have
any consistency! It’s sometimes The John Show, then Saving Cosmo. How does he
pretend us to get all those references and cameos WITHOUT ANY CONTEXT?

NS: We skip to an overly long
scene that explains Bizarro John’s origin, a shape-shifting terminator who is
also The King from the previous episode.

AM: I actually like the idea of
having continuity between episodes, even if it doesn’t make any sense. It would
be an interesting twist for the Season Finale having all the villains as the
same character changing forms.

NS: It would be if Chincherrinas
already hadn’t done it with Ronald McDonalds.

AM: Both Weegee’s backstory and
the exposition scene can be summarized as him being the chosen one. John saves
himself from being a Gary Stu giving that role to Weegee, which means he falls
into the cliché indirectly. But the chosen one ONLY works as a trope when a prophecy
supports it, which they skipped!

NS: They don’t skip it. It’s
available in the expanded version of the Wikia.

AM: *Laughs in Spanish*

NS: After another RPG with Dragon
Ball elements, Weegee destroys the world with the Falcon Punch meme that hasn’t
been funny since 2006. When the planet gets erased, we see some random cameos
contemplating the explosion.

SIR POKON: Including this humble
servant.

STEVEN STAR: Haha, there goes my
only contribution outside the Wikia!

AM: Continuity muscles! Oh, look,
it’s John DiMicco! Do you remember the show was supposed to be about him? He
had to steal Weegee’s prominence in the last moment trough a letter that names
John the new chosen one.

NS: And do you remember that
hateful bookend joke with the pregnant girl in the original version? They
managed to make it worse!

*The scene plays with Spanish
subtitles and About The New credits*

LAYSI DA SUISA: I can’t believe
how can you hurt that poor little piggy, it did nothing wrong!

NS: In conclusion, the Bizarro
remake is AS bad as the original or maybe even worse.

AM: It’s a great example of how
more doesn’t equal better. Every mistake of the original is still relevant,
from the unnecessary cameos to the plagiarized scenes. The new characters add
nothing, the Continuity Nod is confusing and the episode just takes itself too
seriously with the chosen one and the flashbacks.

NS: The John Show fits way better
as an animated regular show with a couple of fantastic elements, focusing in
the humor. This episode does exactly the opposite, an almost science-fiction
story with action and drama. That can’t work with such a surreal and disastrous
plot.

AM: If he wanted to make a Weege
and Achille tribute, it would work better as an independent video like plenty
of fans do not to shit in the reputation of their personal works. It’s like if
Smash Bros Lawl, Lawl Nova and Lawl of the Dead were part of The Frollo Show,
Retropokon and Aitor Molina Vs. You just can’t mix them!

NS: Definitely, this remake
proves a Bizarro story is condemned no matter how many tributes and parodies it
has.

AM: Not counting the Retropokon
anniversary special.

NS: Thank you for inviting me to
your show!

AM: Wait, there is a post-credit
scene!

NS: No, no, there isn’t, it’s
just another… random clip.

AM: What are you doing on John
Show?

NS: That’s not me. It’s just a
freaking random clip that doesn’t link with anything!